Lack of association of atopy/asthma and the interleukin-4 receptor gene in Japanese

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 228-233

  Noguchi, E ^a   Shibasaki, M ^a   Arinami, T ^a,b   Takeda, K ^a   Yokouchi, Y ^a   Kobayashi, K ^a   Imoto, N ^a   Nakahara, S ^a   Matsui, A ^a   Hamaguchi, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asthma; Atopy; Chromosome 16; Genetics; IL 4 receptor; Japanese; TDT

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 16; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; RHINITIS;

EID: 0033045458     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1999.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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